Microsoft has recently tested a new system of advertising whereby ads are not placed on top of the organic search results, nor to the side, nor on a colored background, but actually within the list of organic results. Is this a smart move? Will Microsoft find itself on the end of a (meritorious) lawsuit for [...]
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New Microsoft ad strategy more aggressive than Google’s?
August 5th, 2011 
Gareth Dickson 
Posted in North America, social media, trademarks, UK and Europe, vront 
Tags: AdSense, AdWords, ECJ, Europe, Google, Internet, trade marks, trademarks, UK, unfair business practices 
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Google AdWords Takes A Hit: E-Commerce Safe Harbour MIA
July 31st, 2011 Gareth Dickson While the Wall Street Journal (initially, at any rate) declared outright victory for Google’s AdWords service after the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ” or “CJEU”) ruled that the sale of keywords to advertisers did not constitute “use” of those keywords within the meaning of the Trade Marks Directive (89/104/EEC), most of us [...]
Posted in social media, trademarks, UK and Europe, vront Tags: AdWords, ECJ, Europe, false advertising, Google, Internet, trade marks, trademarks, unfair business practices 2 Comments »Czech, mate.
January 7th, 2011 Gareth Dickson Ever thought of applying for an intellectual property right via a Czech agency? Probably not, if you’re reading this, but in case you do then you might want to read the IPKat’s comments on WIPD, an organization whose name and logo closely resemble those of WIPO, which in addition to being a well respected organization [...]
Posted in copyright, patents, trademarks, UK and Europe Tags: domain names, Europe, trade marks, trademarks, unfair business practices No Comments »How to get yourself sued using the Internet
July 22nd, 2010 Gareth Dickson A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that my name had been dragged into a significant piece of litigation in the US. Here’s how it happened, and why you should be careful about what you write online… Back in October 2009, I was browsing LinkedIn and a discussion about patents caught my attention. In summary, [...]
Posted in North America, patents, social media, trademarks Tags: defamation, Internet, libel, New York, trade libel, unfair business practices, US 1 Comment »
